Belt-lacing needle.



F. I. AUCHLY. BELT LACING NEEDLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9. I9I6.

Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

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FRANK J. AUCHLY, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

BELT-Encino NEEDLE.

Application filed March 9, 1916.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, FRANK J. AUGHLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Wyandotte and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belt-Lacing Needles, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description, suoli as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to needles for lacing belts and seeks to provide a simple and effective form of needles which may be easily attached to and detached from the ordinary belt lacing so that the lacing may be easily and quickly inserted and drawn through a hole smaller than the lacing.

Many fastenings for belts have been devised but most belts at the present time are laced with the usual horse hide lace, which is merely pointed at the ends and the hole in the belt punched and reamed until the lace can be inserted in the hole and drawn through the belt, the lace usually being drawn through each hole two to three times, as most belts are double or triple laced.

Were the holes in the belt punched of suflicient size to freely admit the lace twice, saying nothing of the third time, the belt would be so weakened that it would not withstand ordinary tension, the practice being to punch the hole large enough to admit the lace once without difficulty and then spread the hole with an awl, or usually any crude instrument or tool that may be at hand, the awl in the majority of cases not being present.

Undue spreading of the holes not only weakens the belts, as in the punching of large holes, but it also injures the lace that has been threaded in the holes. It is essential that some convenient and effective needle be provided which can be easily and quickly attached to and detached from the lace, so that the needles can be forced through the belt without undue spreading of the holes and the lace drawn through the hole and remain a tight fit therein.

The present invention seeks to provide a simple and effective needle for lacing belts, with an easily operated and effective means of attachment to and detachment from the lace.

The needle being pointed, it is easily inserted in a hole smaller than the needle or Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

serial No. 83,061.

the lace and forcing the needle through the pliable leather will not permanently enlarge lthe hole, as it is necessary to insert a soft ace.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the features of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter set forth, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings r-Figure 1, is a view of the improved needle in position to receive the lace. Fig. 2, is a sectional view of the needle taken on line cL-a of Fig. 3, and a fragmentary view of a belt lacing. Fig. 3, is a view of the needle in operative position. Fig. 4:, is a sectional view of the needle taken on line b-b of Fig. 3, all the views being considerably enlarged from the ordinary size of the needle.

The shell 1 is of hollow cylindrical shape and tapered to a point at 2, the gripping bar 3 being pivoted to the shell at 4C and having projecting therefrom the teeth 5, the latter shown in Fig. 2 in dotted lines engaging a fragment of belt lacing 6. The gripping bar 3 is pivoted at 7 to the handle bar 8, the latter being provided with the depressed eX- tending end 9 so arranged as to play to and from under the ledge portion 10 of the shell 1 and form -a fulcrum for the handle bar, so that the end 11 thereof may be closed from the position shown in Fig. 1 to that of Figs. 2, 3 and 4l with compound leverage, for the purpose of forcing the teeth 5 into the lacing 6.

The handle bar 8 is provided with the depression 12 as a thumb nail hold to open the bars for the insertion of or the removal of a lace, the cone shaped depression 18 in the handle bar and the cone shaped projection 14 extending from the gripping bar registering when the parts are closed and serving to retain the 'closed position until suiiicient force is applied to the handle bar 8 to open the parts, this usually being accomplished with the thumb nail inserted in the depression 12.

The needle is attached to the lace as hereinbefore described and employed to insert and draw the lace through the successive holes until the belt is properly laced, when the needle is detached from the lace and can easily be carried in the ordinary pocket.

It is obvious that numerous changes may be made in the details as set forth without departure from the essentials of the invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure 5 by Letters Patent, is

In a belt lacing needle, one end of said needle pointed, the opposite end being round and hollow for the insertion of a lacing, a lever pivoted near the round hollow end of 10 said needle, one end of said lever arranged to swing in one side of said needle and securely hold lacing, the opposite end of said lever arranged to swing into the opposite side of said needle and a lever pivoted to said first lever and arranged to lock said l5 rst lever in said needle. In testimony whereof I alix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK J. AUCHLY. Witnesses:

REBECCA JOFFEE, MAUDEFL. RUTHRAUFF.

Copies of this patent may 'De obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

